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KINGS HEAD HOTEL DISS index
MERE STREET
MARKET PLACE
DISS HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED 1987
DISS LICENCE REGISTERS PS 16/5/1 (1928 - 1969)
DISS UPPER BREWERY Owned in 1774 by James Simpson : Tied at about that time to Charles Simpsons Upper Brewery.
SHERIFFE Lot no. 11 in auction of the Robert Sheriffe estate 02.09.1840
Purchased 1840 to Samuel Farrow.
YOUNGS, CRAWSHAY & YOUNGS   
BULLARDS    
WATNEY MANN    
FREEHOUSE by 1986
Licensees :
THOMAS MAPLESTONE 1822 - 1836
JANE MAPLESTONE 1839 - 1845
WILLIAM BUTTON 1846
CHARLES BUTCHER 1850
SARAH BUTCHER ( 54 ) * 1851
WILLIAM MOORE
& farmer 95 acres
1854 - 1861
WILLIAM MOORE junior 1865
CHARLES BARFOOT 1869 - 1877
FREDERICK JOSEPH BURRAGE 1879 - 1897
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FREDERICK WILLIAM SPINK 1929
ARTHUR EDGAR SIMMONS undated
ERNEST MARKELLIE 13.05.1931
GEORGE BISHOP 11.07.1935
MAUD ANNIE BISHOP undated
FRANCIS A GIDDY 13.01.1949
EDGAR SIMMONS 13.01.1953
BERTRAM NICHOLS by 1958
PERCY SHEPHEARD 15.12.1960
EDWARD KENDLE THACKERY by 1964
HADRIAN CROMPTON undated
KENNETH JOHN ROOKE by 1967
ANTONIO MASALA by 1969

Possibly originated as a refreshment house in the 14thC.

A timber framed Coaching Inn with musicians gallery, dating from the 1640's.

A Book Club is recorded as meeting here during the years 1756 to 1775.

An Assembly Room was included in the 1840 sale.

An Inland Revenue office operated here in the 18thC.

Advertised as a Family & Commercial Hotel & Posting House in early 1900's.

Bullards beers and a comprehensive wine list advertised 1967 / 1968 with Luncheon served for the price of 9/6d and Dinner for 12/6d.
The Waverley Trio providing background music on Saturday nights.